The phrase "develop resentment" is commonly used in written English.
It can be used whenever someone starts to feel a strong negative emotion such as bitterness or anger towards something or someone. Example: After years of being overlooked for promotions, Sarah began to develop resentment towards her colleagues who seemed to be getting ahead easily.
Such treatments helped him develop resentment as to partially explain his violent behavior as an adult, he argued.
I take exception to the experts who claim that these children may develop resentment toward their parents and that this is too much responsibility for children.
"When my wife's career is doing better than mine," Leon Golub stated, "I don't feel as good about myself and may develop resentment".
People who have not found a way to achieve a relaxed state can often develop resentment for those who have.
No wonder man has developed resentment toward organized religion!
The fear is that if basic living conditions for refugees are not created and sustained, additional resentment might develop and new terror groups could emerge.
Detached from the benefits of those changes, they begin to believe the stories about ethnic minorities getting special treatment, and to develop a resentment, a sense of grievance.
At worst, we might develop seething resentments, which could even lead to war.
The administration, to its credit, has recognized that it will have to navigate between most Democrats' justifiable insistence that any new trade deals incorporate meaningful environmental and labor standards, on the one hand, and developing nations' resentment of such linkage on the other.
As I studied the brochures I began to develop a profound resentment against Gauguin, that he had come to Hiva Oa and not idyllic Bora Bora, for example.
His treatment plan established that he would "challenge sexuality myths," "learn how to let go of past resentment," "develop humility," "limit the amount of time spent in solitary activities," "increase his desire for intimacy and meaningful connectedness," and "speak in a slower, lower tone".
